Joyce DiDonato
Lyric's 'Figaro' a perfect marriage
...hers should be a characterization to hear and see. Similarly, as Cherubino, the popular American mezzo Joyce DiDonato seemed distracted by a recent ankle injury (surely not helped by...
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Lost in translation
...among them. So Monday night at a Mandel Hall recital featuring internationally acclaimed mezzo-sopranos Joyce DiDonato and Vivica Genaux, held in honor of retiring U of C professor Philip...
"I was 26 when I got into the program and my teacher . . . in my first lesson said, 'Joyce, you're musical, you're talented, you're obviously intelligent; but there's no future in the way you're singing." Rather than quitting or seeking out a different teacher, DiDonato dug in and found a way to persevere with her instructor, Steve Smith: "Here I thought I had made the big time, you know, the Houston Opera Studio, one of the top programs in the country.
Joyce DiDonato breaks the opera diva mold L.A. Times - Music News | 3 months ago
Auto Show 'First Look' is first-rate
...Fantasy Cabaret, which featured songs of amour, including "My Funny Valentine" by mezzo soprano Joyce DiDonato (appearing as Cherubino in "The Marriage of Figaro") "So in Love" by...
Music Review George London Foundation: 2 Singers, One Experienced and One Not
...Foundation awards competition, named for the renowned American bass-baritone, which recognized singers like Joyce DiDonato and Renee Fleming early in their careers. Richard Termine for...
Joyce DiDonato at Wigmore Hall, review
...song at Wigmore Hall was ravishing. Rating: * * * * Singer of the front rank: Joyce DiDonato Soprano Joyce DiDonato has acquired an Italian surname by marriage. She is a Kansas girl of...
DiDonato/Zobel at the Wigmore Hall
Yet there were some extraordinary musical discoveries in an evening in which DiDonato's sheer love of sharing what she was doing radiated warmth into the raw night air. To begin at...
The adventure Joyce DiDonato would rather not repeat
If she ever needs to remind herself why she dedicated herself to singing, Joyce DiDonato thinks back to a meeting she had with the great American soprano Leontyne Price. "I said, 'Miss...
Julius Drake 50th Birthday Concert at Wigmore Hall , review
...Alice Coote told the Grimm tale of the dwarf and the doomed princess with explosively vivid passion. Joyce DiDonato sounded heavenly in Obradors' canciones, and Gerald Finley was velvety...
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Doug Tatum looks back as he closes the books on his tenure as executive director of the Folly Theater
...has great acoustics but it does allow an intimate connection between the artists and the audience. Joyce DiDonato said it’s like performing in her living room. So it is a very...
Opera: Critic's choice of 2009
...their way by directors and set designers. First prize for trouper of 2009 must go to glamorous diva Joyce DiDonato, who sang Rosina in Covent Garden s The Barber of Seville for three...
Cinderella Revisited: Rossini's La Cenerentola
...Houston Grand Opera production of La Cenerentola, featuring a stunning performance by mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato in the title role, with tenor Lawrence Brownlee as her Prince Charming.
DVD reviews
...to imagine this bel canto masterpiece being presented any better than this. American star mezzo Joyce DiDonato is in spectacularly fine voice as the put-upon Angelina, a.k.a.
